Sunday, April 10, 2005

Washington State Dems want to raise the gas taxes again

From an article in the Times, I see the State Dems aren't satisfied yet with all of the ways they want to get more of our money. Now they want to raise taxes on gas another 9.5 cents over the next four years to pay for highway projects - on top of the 28 cents per gallon we already pay for highway projects!

I apologize if I seem to be repeating myself here, but the Legislature (read, Dems) continues to fail to look at what they already are getting from us in the form of taxes, and seeing just what they (WE!) are paying for, and what 'fat' can be cut without cutting services, and what spending increases can be cut, also without cutting services. They also fail to see what impact these new tax ideas are going to have on those who have lower incomes - which if all of their tax proposals go into effect, would be devestating, not only to lower income folks, but for our still fragile economy. If you can't tell by now, this is a major pet peeve of mine.

Note to the Legislature (mostly Dems) - find, and cut, the waste first, before imposing any more new taxes!

Think they will do that? Well, I'm certainly not going to hold my breath.

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